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Eagles Return Walk-Off Blocked FG for the Wildest Backdoor Cover of the NFL Season

The Philadelphia Eagles blocked a game-winning field goal attempt by the Los Angeles Rams and returned it for a touchdown for an insane swing to cover the spread.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 21, 2025

Garden of unearthly delights: inside the eerie underground lair for ‘master of mobiles’ Alexander Calder

The great kinetic artist has never been properly celebrated in his home town of Philadelphia – until now. But is a $90m subterranean labyrinth, created by Herzog & de Meuron, really the answer?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Philadelphia Punished Small Businesses for Opposing Curfew, Say Food Truck Owners

Regulatory power is all too often abusively targeted.

Reason · Sep 19, 2025

'It was a monumental race for American cycling' - Philadelphia Cycling Classic makes a return in 2026 after a decade-long absence

Glimmer of hope for US cycling as top-level race returns to major city

Cycling News · Sep 16, 2025

'It’s going to be spectacular' - America's biggest bike race to return after a ten-year hiatus

The Philadelphia Cycling Classic will set off on 30 August 2026

Cycling Weekly · Sep 16, 2025

What do the circus and US politics have in common? Ask these Black and brown circus artists

International Black Indigenous Circus Week in Philadelphia brings together artists specializing in aerial, juggling clowning and more for various panels and shows

The Guardian - US · Sep 15, 2025

New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma

Philadelphia has once again been named one of the “asthma capitals” of the U.S. – ranking No. 4 in a report released on Sept. 9, 2025, by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Allentown was ranked No. 3, Harrisburg No. 15 and Pittsburgh No. 44.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

Philadelphia mass transit agency gets OK to use project money to avoid bus, trolley and rail cuts

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is approving the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and rail services that it had eliminated to shore up its deficit-riddled finances

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

Philly’s Puerto Rican Day Parade embodies strength of the mainland’s second-largest Boricua community

Picture this: Puerto Rican flags, referred to as “la monoestrellada” – the “one-starred” – everywhere you look. The smell of alcapurrias – if you can find them! – and other savory fritters wafting through the air. The rhythms of salsa or Bad Bunny’s trap reggaetón blasting out of speakers. Almost…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

Spit spat: Jalen Carter's ejection from Eagles' opener was latest saliva-driven dismissal in sports

Jalen Carter's ejection from the NFL season opener in Philadelphia landed him on an infamous list of spitting incidents in sports

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025